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Culture center offers prizes for yoga lovers

May 31, 2017

The Seoul Indian Cultural Center is inviting yoga lovers to enter a contest that could see them walking away with up to 250,000 won. The Yoga Essay Contest asks individuals to write on one of three topics: “International Day of Yoga and its Significance,” “My Experience with Yoga,” or “Yoga and its Benefits for Humankind.” The winners will be awarded 250,000 won. Those in second and third place...
Seoul City updates guide for multicultural families

May 31, 2017

Seoul City has released an updated guide on living in Korea for multicultural families. “Hanultari Living Guide for Multicultural Families” aims to minimize the difficulties experienced by multicultural families living in Seoul due to a lack of information or cultural gaps, the city said. It includes basic information relevant to foreign residents, as well as information about programs and poli...
Gwangju center to run mountain tour

May 17, 2017

Gwangju Cultural Center is hosting a tour to Mudeungsan National Park on the edge of the city on May 27. The guided tour will combine the main sights on the city’s most famous mountain with cultural activities. Guided by Mishra Harsh Kumar, the tour will stop at Silla-era temple Wonhyosa and move up to a “dangsan tree,” which was home to a village’s guardian spirit according to shamanistic trad...
Seoul Players to present ‘homegrown’ plays

May 17, 2017

Two one-act plays by local expat playwrights take to the Seoul stage from Saturday, in a project that sees Seoul Players show off their writing as well as their stage talents. The two plays have their share of laughs, but will leave audiences something to contemplate, said co-producer Kim Schroeder. “It begins to look like a comedy, and then it turns into something a bit more serious,” she said...
Together Day events to take place across Korea

May 17, 2017

Cities across South Korea will be hosting multicultural events as part of the Justice Ministry’s Together Day festival. Together Day, in its 10th year, comprises of events taking place over around 10 days, the first of which was a talent contest for foreign students at Soongsil University. Among the biggest events is Busan’s Global Gathering on Sunday, run by the Busan Foundation for Internatio...
HBC live music festival to return to Seoul

May 17, 2017

HBC fest will return to Seoul this month with nearly 100 bands playing across two days. The biannual event, which started 11 years ago, takes place at bars and cafes around the Haebangchon area north of Noksapyeong Station, with free admission to all the venues. The festival begins 9 p.m. on May 26 at seven venues, with the main event the following day. May 27’s music will start at around 4 p....
Michael Breen to talk about new book

May 17, 2017

Writer Michael Breen to talk about ‘New Koreans’
‘Looking’ to see if love really is blind

May 17, 2017

First dates weren’t always about Tinder swipes and photo-approved introductions. Blind dates used to be just that -- meetings with someone without knowing what they looked like. Changwon Community Theatre is going back to that time with “Looking,” Norm Foster’s tale of singles looking for love as they approach middle age. Two of them meet for a date in a bar via a newspaper personal ad. The se...
Migrant workers hold May Day protest

May 3, 2017

Migrant workers gathered to mark the annual May Day labor demonstrations in front of the Bosingak Bell in central Seoul. But they did so a day early, as most of the workers did not get May 1 off. “Unfortunately because we are migrant workers, we are not able to participate on May 1 and we have to come out a day earlier,” said Shekh Al Mamun of the Seoul-Gyeonggi-Incheon Migrants’ Trade Union “H...
Kiwi Chamber to host New Zealand Wine Festival

May 3, 2017

The New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Korea will begin its annual New Zealand Wine Festival later this month, with events planned for Seoul and Busan. New Zealand is now the 10th-largest wine exporter to Korea, due in part to the free trade agreement between the two countries that eliminated a 15 percent tariff on wine in December 2015. “New Zealand wine exports increased 31 percent during the...
A well-timed ‘Winter’s Tale’

May 3, 2017

Bad things happen when the powerful allow swift passion to rule over considered advice — innocents die and friends turn to foes across kingdoms. Amid real-world presidential problematics in Korea and beyond, Seoul Shakespeare Company’s portrayal of the disastrous effects of a king’s rash action in spite of the facts seems cuttingly apt in this year’s production of “The Winter’s Tale.” Jealous L...
TOPIK test applications to open

May 3, 2017

Applications for the next Test of Proficiency in Korean exam will open May 15. Those taking the test, which will be held July 16, can apply to sit for the lower-level TOPIK I in the morning or the higher level TOPIK II in the afternoon. The TOPIK I test consists of listening and reading sections and runs from 9:20 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. The TOPIK II test has listening and writing sections, followed...
Gwangju concert to create “Harmony of Hope”

May 3, 2017

Gwangju International Center will use its annual May concert to send a message of hope to the disabled. The “Harmony of Hope” concert will feature 10 different performers, with music including classical, opera and democracy anthems. In keeping with the center’s multicultural side, the concert will also include a trio of songs by Korean, Chinese and Japanese songwriters. The Mokpo Gwangmyeongwo...
Kotesol, FAB to hold joint neuroELT conference

May 3, 2017

The Korea Tesol and FAB conferences are teaming up for a joint event on May 13 and 14, the FAB11 & Kotesol National Conference 2017. Korea Tesol — Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages — is a professional association of English teachers that holds national and international conferences each year to give language instructors opportunities to sharpen their teaching skills. This year,...
Nominations open for Michael Simning award

Apr 18, 2017

Nominations are being accepted for the Michael Simning Community Builder Award, an annual prize that recognizes people who have contributed to the community in Gwangju. To be eligible, nominees should be involved in an expat-oriented organization that has made a significant, lasting impact on the local community. The selection committee will consider community activities in the last year when de...